The first phase of the Miaoli Locomotive Park.

(Provided by Taiwan Railway Bureau)

[Reporter Zheng Weiqi/Taipei Report] The Taiwan Railway Miaoli Railway Locomotive Exhibition Hall is being renovated and will be built into the Miaoli Locomotive Park. Liu Ruihong, deputy general manager of the Asset Development Center of the Taiwan Railway Bureau, said that the first phase of the project includes the vision hall, micro settlements, cultural Chuang Xiaopu and the locomotive-themed restaurant are expected to open in May and June this year. The project in the whole district is targeted to be completed by the end of the year and will officially open in March next year. It is hoped that it will become a new base for sightseeing in Miaoli.

In order to preserve all kinds of characteristic trains, the Taiwan Railway Bureau built the Miaoli Railway Locomotive Exhibition Hall on the south side of Miaoli Railway Station in 1992 to provide a space to get close to the railway culture. However, the simple scaffolding needs to be renovated due to the years. From 2018, it will invest a budget of 760 million yuan to plan and integrate the old dormitory, backup dormitory, coal throwing practice field and other areas in the first railway village. With reference to the operation model of the Omiya Museum in Japan, the Miaoli Locomotive Park will be built covering an area of ​​5,700 pings.

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The first phase of the Miaoli Locomotive Park.

(Provided by Taiwan Railway Bureau)

The first phase of the project includes the vision hall, micro-settlement, cultural and creative shop, and locomotive-themed restaurant. It was completed in October last year, and the Taiwan Railway Bureau completed the investment promotion.

Liu Ruihong said that the subsequent successful bidders will also carry out interior decoration, and the goal is to start operations before the summer tourist season.

In addition, the Construction and Construction Department expects to complete the second phase of the project by the end of this year. In addition to displaying 13 classic vehicles and abundant railway cultural assets, it will use another 15 million yuan budget to build public art and related art with sound, light, audio and video. The software and hardware facilities provide the public with an immersive experience of railway culture that is both intellectual and entertaining.

The Taiwan Railway Bureau expects to build the first phase of the project, which has already been completed, into a people-friendly recreational space that combines the display of railway cultural relics and local Hakka culture. The cultural and creative shop will be stationed by craftsmen to provide people with related hand-made experiences, miniature settlements and themes. The restaurant is expected to introduce well-known catering and art chain brands to create a space for parent-child activities. The vision hall will display and sell Hakka local delicacies and selected roasted coffee, and manufacturers will hold local and railway-related activities from time to time.

The main exhibition area completed in the second phase includes the turntable hall, train exhibition hall, coal throwing practice field and cultural relics story hall, etc. In the future, visitors can not only go to the coal throwing practice field, but also experience and challenge the steam train fireman 14 minutes coal throwing 360 In addition to the kilogram technology, in order to immerse tourists in the interlaced space of physical trains and virtual lights and shadows, the Taiwan Railway Bureau will also cooperate with artists to build art exhibits with railway and Hakka elements using sound, light, shadow, and sound to create an immersive experience. It is a feast of railway culture.

Liu Ruihong said that with the park as the core, it will be integrated with Gongweixu Tunnel, Jiushan Line Rail Bike, Taiwan Hakka Cultural Center and Hakka Round Building into a tourist corridor in the future, hoping to become a new base for sightseeing in Miaoli.

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